Name:

Year:
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_____ 5. What is the laplace transform of tan(x)?

A. sec2(s)
B. tan(s)sec(s)

C. ln[tan(s)+sec(s)]
D. exp[tan(s)+sec(s)]

Score:
_____ 6. What is a quantity representing the power to
which a fixed number must be raised to produce a given
number?

EcE Quizzer 2016-2017

MATH
INSTRUCTION: Please do not write anything on this
questionnaire except writing your answers on the left part of
the question. Make sure that the answers except in
identification will be capitalized. If the answer is not on the
choices, answer it with letter E, otherwise if all the choices are
the answer, answer it with letter F. Put all the solutions in the
scratch paper properly. No solution, no points. No erasures.

A. Exponent
B. Characteristic

_____ 7. Determine the middle term in the expansion of

(a-2b)10.
A. 8064a5b5
B. -8064a5b5

_____ 1. These equations are equalities that involve

trigonometric functions and are true for every single
value of the occurring variables where both sides of the
equality are defined.
A. Trigonometric Functions
B. Pythagorean Theorem
C. Identity Matrix
D. Trigonometric Identities
_____ 2. What do you call the method in integrating a
complex equation wherein you will substitute tangent
half angle?
A. Integration by Parts
B. Miscellaneous Substitution
C. Algebraic Substitution
D. Trigonometric Substitution
_____ 3. In solving higher order linear differential
equations, this method will determine if R(x) is linearly
dependent or independent to the complementary solution
of the differential equation. What is that method?
A. Wronskian Determinant
B. Fermat Last Theorem

C. Chios Method
D. Gauss-Jordan Method

_____ 4. Kobe Bryant will be a three-pointer in the next

game. In his last five games, his mean three-point is
60%. What is the probability that he will gain 16 threepoints out of 25 attempts?
A. 16 %
B. 15 %

C. 12%
D. 19%

C. Logarithm
D. Mantissa

C. -8032a5b5
D. 8032a5b5

_____ 8. These theorem states that any real-valued

differentiable function that attains equal values at two
distinct points must have a stationary point somewhere
between then that is, a point where the first derivative
is zero.
A. Mean-value theorem
B. Rolles theorem

C. Intermediate value
D. Bifurcation theory

_____ 9. It is the mathematical study of changes in the

qualitative or topological structure of a given family,
such as the integral curves of a family of vector fields,
and the solutions of a family of differential equations.
A. Mean-value theorem
B. Rolles theorem

C. Intermediate value
D. Bifurcation theory

_____ 10. Determine the integral of (x2+2x+1)(x-1)/

(x+1)dx.
A. x2 + x + C
B. x2 - x + C

C. x3 + x + C
D. x3 - x + C

_____ 11. Given a function, y=f(x) whose f(x)=-f(x),

determine the function.
A. Logarithmic
B. Exponential

C. Transcendental
D. Sinusoidal

_____ 12. Find C so that the line y=4x+3 is tangent to

the curve y=x2+C.
A. 4

B. 5

C. 6

D. 7

_____ 13. At point of inflection,

A. y = 0

B. y = 0

C. y = 0

D. y = y

_____ 14. A 5-foot boy is walking toward a 20-foot lamp

post at the rate of 6 feet per second. How fast is the
length of the girls shadow changing?
A. 2 fps, dec
B. 3 fps, inc

C. 2 fps, inc
D. 3 fps, dec

_____ 15. A frustum of a pyramid has an upper base

100m by 10m and a lower base of 80m by 8m. If the
altitude of the frustum is 5m, find its volume.
A. 4567.67 cu. m.
B. 3873.33 cu. m.

C. 4066.67 cu. m.
D. 3345.98 cu. m.

_____ 16. Find the polar coordinates for the point whose
rectangular coordinate of (-6, -8).
A. (10, -233.13)
B. (10, 126.87)

C. (10, 233.13)
D. (10, -126.87)

_____ 17. If today is Sunday, what day of the week will

be 2016 days after today?
A. Sunday
B. Tuesday

C. Monday
D. Thursday

_____ 18. A die is rolled and a coin is tossed, find the

probability that the die shows an odd number and the
coin shows a head.
A. 0.75
B. 0.125

C. 0.50
D. 0.25

_____ 19. A jar contains 3 red marbles, 7 green marbles

and 10 white marbles. If a marble is drawn from the jar
at random, what is the probability that this marble is
white?
A. 1/2
B. 1/3

C. 1/4
D. 1/5

_____ 20. You purchase a certain product. The manual

states that the lifetime T of the product, defined as the
amount of time (in years) the product works properly
until it breaks down, satisfies P(Tt)=exp(t/5), for all
t0. I purchase the product and use it for two years
without any problems. What is the probability that it
breaks down in the third year?
A. 0.1713
B. 0.1712

C. 0.1813
D. 0.1812

_____ 21. Two skaters, Micah and Angelo, are at points

A and B, respectively, on a flat frozen lake. The distance
between A and B is 100 feet. Micah leaves A and skates
at a speed of 2.44 m/s on a straight line that makes a 60
angle with AB. At the same time Micah leaves A, Angelo
leaves B at a speed of 7 fps and follows the straight path
that produces the earliest possible meeting of the two
skaters, given their speeds. How many meters does
Micah skate before meeting Angelo?
A. 36.58 m
B. 42.67 m

C. 48.77 m
D. 54.86 m

_____ 22. In a circle, parallel chords of length 2, 3, and

4 determine central angles of A, B, and A+B radians,
respectively, where A+B < . Determine the exact value
of cos A.
A. 15/47
B. 17/32

C. 32/59
D. 23/74

_____ 23. An inscribe angle in a semicircle in a right

angle.
A. Exterior Angle
B. Thales Theorem

C. Morleys Theorem
D. Angle Bisector

_____ 24. An angle 2 = 360 corresponding to the

central angle of an entire circle.
A. straight angle
B. perigon

C. myriagon
D. polygon

_____ 25. A cat is tethered by a 6 mile rope to the

outside corner of a shed measuring 4 mi by 5 mi in a
sand field. What area of sand can the cat graze?
A. 113/4

B. 112/5

C. 131/4

D. 121/5

_____ 26. Find the limit of (2-x)tan x/2 as x approaches 1.

A. e2

B. e-2/

C. 0

D.

_____ 27. Find the rectangle of largest area that can be

inscribed in an equilateral triangle of side 20.
A. 50sqrt(3)
B. 25sqrt(3)

C. 50sqrt(2)
D. 25sqrt(2)

_____ 28. An open box is formed by cutting squares if

equal size from the corners of a 24 by 15-inch piece of
sheet metal and folding up the sides. Determine the
maximum volume of the box.
A. 400
B. 486

C. 386
D. 300

_____ 33. A balloon leaving the ground 18 m from the

observer rises 3 m/s. How fast is the angle of elevation
of the line of sight increasing after 8 seconds?
A. 0.03 rad/s
B. 0.04 rad/s

C. 0.06 rad/s
D. 0.02 rad/s

_____ 34. Determine y implicitly: xy+y2=1

A. y/(x+2y)
B. y/(x-2y)

C. x/(x+2y)
D. y/(x+2y)

_____ 35. In trapezoid ABCD, AD is parallel to BC,

Angle A and Angle D is equal to 45. If AB=6, and the
area of the trapezoid is 30, find BC,
A. 3sqrt(2)

B. 2sqrt(2)

C. 3sqrt(3)

D. 2sqrt(3)

_____ 29. Consider the function defined by y = x 3 + kx2

+ 3x 4. For what value(s) of the constant k will the
graph have exactly one horizontal tangent?

_____ 36. Two circles have radius of 4 cm, and 12 cm,

respectively. If the distance between their centers is 30
cm, compute the length of the common internal tangent
to the two circles in cm.

A. 4
B. 3

A. 27.32

C. 2
D. 1

_____ 30. Two posts, one 8 m and the other 12 m high

are 15 m apart. If the posts are supported by a cable
running from the top of the first post to a stake on the
ground and then back to the top of the second post, find
the distance to the lower post to the stake to use
minimum amount of wire.
A. 6 m
B. 8 m

C. 9 m
D. 4 m

_____ 31. The charge in coulombs that passes through a

wire after t seconds is given by the function: Q(t) = t 3
2t2 + 5t + 2. Determine the average current during the
first two seconds.
A. 5
B. 7

C. 9
D. 11

_____ 32. Determine the second derivative of the

function y=(x+1)(x-3)3.
A. 12(x-3)(x-1)
B. 5(x-4)(x-1)2

C. 3(x-3)2(x+1)+(x-3)3
D. 3x(x-3)2

B. 57.70

C. 25.37

D. 24.06

_____ 37. The length of a chord of a circle is 14 m. A

point is selected on the chord so that its distance from
one end of the chord is 8 m, while its distance from the
center of the circle is 4 m. What is the length of the
chord that is perpendicular to the radius that passes
through this point?
A. 15.37

B. 13.86

C. 10.31

D. 19.64

_____ 38. The pages of a book are numbered 1 through

n. When the page numbers of the book were added, one
of the page numbers was mistakenly added twice,
resulting in an incorrect sum of 1986. What was the
number of the page that was added twice?
A. 32

B. 31

C. 33

D. 38

_____ 39. A man walks down to the bottom of an

escalator that is moving up and he counts 150 steps. His
friend walks up to the top of the escalator and counts 75
steps. If the mans speed of walking (in steps per unit
time) is three times his friends walking speed, how
many steps are visible on the escalator at a given time?
A. 150

B. 75

C. 120

D. 80

_____ 40. Find the value of x if |4x + 4|=12.

A. 2, -4

B. -2,4

C. 3,-4

D. 1,-4

_____ 41. The ____ is a statement of general application

which will aid us in factoring polynomials when the
factors are not immediately evident.
A. Cramers Rule
B. Remainder Theorem

C. Binomial Theorem
D. Factor Theorem

_____ 42. The portion of a sphere that is bound by the

two intersections of two parallel planes with the sphere.
A. zone
B. spherical sector

C. lune
D. spherical wedge

_____ 43. A solid had a circular base of radius 20 cm.

Find the volume of the solid if every plane section
perpendicular to a certain diameter is an equilateral
triangle.
A. 18,475.21 cm3
B. 20,356.36 cm3

C. 19,343.71 cm3
D. 17,253.86 cm3

_____ 44. What is the specific name given to the set of

five regular polyhedrons?
A. Platonic solids
B. regular polyhedrons

C. regular solids
D. Euclidean solid

_____ 45. A circle is circumscribing a triangle formed by

the lines y=0, y=x, and 2x+3y=10. Find the equation of
the circle.
A. x2+y2-5x+y=0
B. x2+y2-2x+y=0

C. x2+y2+5x+y=0
D. x2+y2+2x+y=0

_____ 46. A line segment has its ends on the coordinate

axes and forms with them a triangle of area equal to 36
sq. units. The segment passes through the point (5,2).
Compute for the length of the line segment intercepted
by the coordinate axes.
A. 14.52

B. 13.42

C. 12.12

D. 11.02

_____ 47. The major axis of the elliptical path in which

the earth moves around the sun is approximately
186,000,000 miles and the eccentricity of the ellipse is
1/60. Determine the apogee of the earth.
A. 93,000,000 mi
B. 94,335,100 mi

C. 91,450,000 mi
D. 94,550,000 mi

_____ 48. The polar equation of a curve is equal to

r2(4sin2 + 9cos2)=36. Determine the eccentricity of the
given curve.
A. 0.845
B. 0.334

C. 0.745
D. 0.232

_____ 49. The axis of the hyperbola which passes

through the center, the foci and vertices.
A. transverse axis
B. asymptotic axis

C. coordinate
D. ordinate

_____ 50. The surface area of a solid of revolution is

equal to the length of the generating arc times the
circumference of the circle described by the centroid of
the arc, provided that the axis of revolution does not
cross the generating arc.
A. First proposition of Pappus Theorem
B. Second proposition of Pappus Theorem
C. Third proposition of Pappus Theorem
D. Fourth proposition of Pappus Theorem
_____ 51. Water is flowing in a conical vessel 15 cm
deep and having a radius of 3.75 cm across the top. If the
rate at which the water rises is 2 cm/s, how fast is the
water flowing into the conical vessel when the water is 4
cm deep?
A. 6.28 cc/s
B. 2.37 cc/s

C. 4.57 cc/s
D. 5.73 cc/s

_____ 52. A hole of radius 2 is drilled through the axis

of a sphere of radius 3. Compute the volume of the
remaining solid.
A. 46.832

B. 56.235

C. 26.315

D. 18.327

_____ 53. Determine the length of the curve y=x 3 from

x=0 to x=1.
A. 1.45

B. 1.55

C. 1.65

D. 1.75

_____ 61. Evaluate: (1+j)1+j

A. 0.27 + j0.58
B. 0.58 j0.27

C. 0.27 j0.58
D. 0.58 + j0.27

_____ 54. How many distinct permutations do the word

INDEPENDENCY has?

_____ 62. Given a scalar field g = 3x 2y y3z2, determine

the gradient of g at point (1, -2, -1).

A. 6653800

A. -12i -9j -16k

B. 37

B. 6652900

C. 6642800

D. 6652800

C. 12i + 9j + 16k
D. -37

_____ 55. Suppose there is an average of 2 suicides per

year per 50,000 populations. In a city of 100,000, find
the probability that in a given year there are 0 suicides.

_____ 63. Given a discrete function x[n] = (7/8) n u(n),

determine the z-transform.

A. 0.0183

A. 1/[1-(7/8)z]
B. z/[1-(7/8)z]

B. 0.0412

C. 0.0353

D. 0.0512

_____ 56. In a class of 28 students, the teacher selects

four people at random to participate in a geography
contest. What is the probability that this group of four
students includes at least two of the top three geography
students in the class?
A. 37/819

B. 23/476

C. 34/911

C. 1/[1-(7/8)z-1]
D. z-1/[1-(7/8)z-1]

_____ 64. Determine b2 in the Fourier series expansion

of the function f(x) = x2 in the interval of < x < and
has a period of 2.
A. 4/9

B. -4/9

C. 0

D. -2/9

D. 10/259
_____ 65. Determine the value of tanh(j2).

_____ 57. In a certain college, 4% of the men and 1% of

the women are taller than 6 feet. Furthermore, 60% of
the students are women. Now, if a student is selected at
random and is taller than 6 feet, what is the probability
that the student is a woman?
A. 1/3

B. 3/11

C. 1/4

D. 4/11

_____ 58. It states that, under mild conditions, the mean

of many random variables independently drawn from the
same distribution is distributed approximately normally,
irrespective of the form of the original distribution.
A. Normal Distribution
B. Gaussian Theorem

C. Normal Curve Symmetry

D. Central Limit Theorem

_____ 59. The mean of a binomial distribution is given

by:
A. np(1-p)

B. np

C. n2

D. p2

_____ 60. What is the variance of a std. normal curve?

A. 1

B. 0

C. 1/2

D. -1/2

A. 2.19e-j1.57

B. 1.12e-j1.57

C. 1.57e-j2.19

D. 1e-j1.57

_____ 66. The captain of the ship views the top of a

lighthouse at an angle of 60 with the horizontal at an
elevation of 6 meters above sea level. Five minutes later,
the same captain of the ship views the top of the same
lighthouse at an angle of 30 with the horizontal.
Determine the speed of the ship in m/sec if the
lighthouse is known to be 50 meters above sea level.
A. 0.265

B. 0.155

C. 0.169

D. 0.210

_____ 67. In a tank are 100 liters of brine containing 50

kg total of dissolved salt. Pure water is allowed to run
into the tank at the rate of 3 L/min. Brine runs out of the
tank at the rate of 2 L/min. The instantaneous
concentration in the tank is kept uniform by stirring.
How much salt is in the tank at the end of one hour?
A. 15.45 kg

B. 19.53 kg

C. 12.62 kg

D. 20.62 kg

_____ 68. Solve: [y sqrt(x2 + y2)]dx xdy = 0

A. sqrt(x2+y2)+y=C
B. sqrt(x2+y2+y)=C

C. sqrt(x+y)+y=C
D. sqrt(x2-y)+y=C

_____ 76. The area (in sq. m.) of spherical triangle ABC
whose parts are A=9340, B=6412, C=11651, and
the radius of the sphere is 100 m is
A. 16513

_____ 69. Which of the following equations is an exact

Differential Equation?
A. (x2 + 1)dx xydy = 0
B. x dy + (3x 2y) dx = 0
C. 2xy dx + (2 + x2) dy = 0
D. x2y dy y dx = 0

_____ 71. Find the area (in sq. units) bounded by the
parabolas x2 2y = 0 and x2 + 2y 8 = 0.
B. 4.7

C. 9.7

D. 10.7

_____ 72. The area in the second quadrant of the circle

x2 + y2 = 36 is revolved around the line y + 10 = 0. What
is the volume generated?
A. 2218.33

B. 2228.83

C. 2233.43

D. 2208.53

_____ 73. Determine B such that 3x + 2y 7 = 0 is

perpendicular to 2x By + 2 = 0.
A. 5

B. 4

B. 3/4

C. 2/3

D. 1/2

B. degree

C. radian

D. grad

C. 8000

D. 80000

_____ 79. Express 45 in mils

A. 80

A. 11.7

D. 16530

_____ 78. An angular unit equivalent to 1/400 of the

circumference of a circle is called
A. mil

A. (1/2)exp[sin(2x)] + C
B. -(1/2)exp[sin(2x)] + C
C. -exp[sin(2x)] + C
D. exp[sin(2x)] + C

C. 16545

_____ 77. Determine the sum of the infinite series:

S=1/3 + 1/9 + 1/27 + + (1/3)n
A. 4/5

_____ 70. What is the integral of cos(2x)exp[sin(2x)]dx?

B. 16531

C. 3

B. 800

_____ 80. Convert the polar equation to its Cartesian

equivalent: r = 6cos.
A. x2 6x + y2 = 0
B. 3x2 6x + 2y2 = 0

C. x2 3x + y2 = 0
D. 2x2 3x + 3y2 = 0

81. Solve for the inverse laplace transform of the

following:

1
s 1
s 4 s+ 20
F ( s )= Co t 1
+ ln 2
2
2 4
s 4 s+ 8

()

D. 2
Answer: ______________________________________

_____ 74. The distance (in units) from a point (1,3) to

the line 4x + 3y + 12 = 0 is:
A. 4

B. 5

C. 6

D. 7

82. Solve for the particular equation of the following

using inverse differential operator:

y -3y'+2y=4t+6 {e} ^ {-t} ;y(0)=1, y'(0)=2

_____ 75. If Greenwich mean time (GMT) is 6 AM,

what is the time at a place located 30 East longitude?
A. 7 AM

B. 8 AM

C. 9 AM

D. 4 AM

Answer: ______________________________________
_____ 83. Find the area of the region bounded by the
parabola x = y2 + 2 and the line y = x 8.
A. 125/6

B. 125/3

C. 121/5

D. 121/2

_____ 84. A plane 3000 ft. from the earth is flying east at
the rate of 120 mph. It passes directly over a car also
going east at 60 mph. How fast are they separating when
the distance between them is 5000 ft?
A. 74.4 fps

B. 84.4 fps

C. 70.4 fps

D. 63.7 fps

_____ 85. A ladder 20 feet long is placed against a wall.

The foot of the ladder begins to slide away from the wall
at the rate of 1 ft/sec. How fast is the top of the ladder
sliding when the foot of the ladder is 12 feet from the
wall?
A. 3/4 fps

B. 3/5 fps

C. -3/5 fps

D. -3/4 fps

86. An equilateral hyperbola has an equation of x 2 y2 =

9. Compute the location of the vertices.
Answer: ______________________________________
87. Triangle ABC has right angle at B, and contains a
point P for which PA=10, PB=6, and <APB = <BPC =
<CPA. Find the length of segment PC.

_____ 92. Find the value of x in the equation:

csc x + cot x = 3
A. 2Tan-1(3)

B. 3Tan-1(2)

C. 2Sin-1(3)

D. 3Sin-1(2)

93. Determine the spherical excess of the spherical

triangle ABS given a = 56, b = 65, and c = 78.
Answer: ______________________________________
94. What is the product of the real roots of the equation:

x 2+18 x +30=2 x 2+18 x +45

Answer: ______________________________________
95. What is the value of K that will make the algebraic
expression x2 + 28x + 2K a perfect square trinomial?
Answer: ______________________________________
_____ 96. What are the numbers in which can be drawn
as dots on equally long legs of a right angle (ex. 1, 3, 5,
7, 9)?

Answer: ______________________________________

A. Cubic Numbers
B. Gnomon Numbers

88. A room is built in the shape of the region between

two semicircles with the same center and parallel
diameters. The farthest distance between two points with
a clear line of sight is 12 m. What is the area of the room
in pi sq. m. (ex. 18)?

_____ 97. It is to estimate the value of a quantity or

measurement beyond the values which are already
known.

Answer: ______________________________________

A. Approximation
B. Decimation

89. Four holes are to be spaced regularly on a circle of

radius 20 cm. Find the distance d between the centers
of the two successive holes. Should be exact.

_____ 98. Which of the following is a figurate numbers?

Answer: ______________________________________
90. The sides of a triangle are 195, 157, and 210
respectively. What is the area of the triangle?
Answer: ______________________________________
91. A line that intersects two or more lines in a plane at
different points is called a ____.
Answer: ______________________________________

A. Triangular Numbers
B. Square Numbers

C. Oblong Numbers
D. Pentagonal Numbers

C. Extrapolation
D. Interpolation

C. Tetrahedral Numbers
D. Square Pyramidal

_____ 99. It is a plane curve that forms a loop on one

side and intersects itself at a node.
A. Folium of Fourier
B. Folium of Descartes

C. Folium of Nepler
D. Folium of Euler

_____ 100. What is the equivalent measurement in

meters is one cable?

A. 212.123
B. 212.456

C. 219.456
D. 219.789